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The multifaceted career of Louis Borsch.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19901225     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
John Louis Borsch Jr, MD (1873-1929), was an ophthalmologist from Philadelphia who spent most of his career in France. During his lifetime he was probably best known as the inventor of the first fused bifocal lens, which was marketed very successfully as the Kryptok lens. He may be better known today for performing cataract surgery on Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American Impressionist artist, and on James Joyce (1882-1941), the Irish author. Little known, but remarkable, is his thesis for his second medical degree, Le Traitement Chirurgical de l'Astigmie (The Surgical Treatment of Astigmatism).
Authors:
James G Ravin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Archives of ophthalmology     Volume:  127     ISSN:  1538-3601     ISO Abbreviation:  Arch. Ophthalmol.     Publication Date:  2009 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-11-10     Completed Date:  2009-11-17     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7706534     Medline TA:  Arch Ophthalmol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1534-7     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH 43623-3081, USA. jamesravin@bex.net
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cataract Extraction / history*
France
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Humans
Ophthalmology / history*
Optics and Photonics / history*
United States
Personal Name Subject
Personal Name Subject:
John Louis Borsch

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